I just could not start working today unless I finished writing this small article on the Ayodhaya verdict taken by the Allahabad High court yesterday. These are opinions of some of the Indian citizens and we all have a right to express ourselves in a way which would not harm another person or the country as a whole.
So here goes :
After the verdict was out late last evening, me and my husband jumped into the argument of whether or not it was acceptable that the court has decided to divide the 2.7 acres of that piece of land by 3.
I will get to the points put forth by us later, coz thats a VERY long list.. However; right now I want to write about the views I received from some friends and some colleagues.
Nearly 75 % of the folks I spoke with agreed that this was a fair decision taken by the Judiciary of India.
Their supporting reasons were:
1) This means the High court has accepted that Lord Ram was born there and finally given Hindu's the chance to worship their deity in his birth place.
2) It will mean no riots and business would continue as usual.
3) Its a stop gap arrangement, but no riots means its a good arrangement.
and so on and so forth...
For the 15% who did not agree to the decision their reasoning was varied again..
1) All the land should have gone to the Hindus
2) 1/3 of the land sounds more like charity than the rights of the community.
3) The law was not upheld.. The decision should have gone to EITHER sides.. not both. Now neither of the 2 sides is happy.
Then I have the 10% group which is not ready to comment on this matter at all.. either because they have never followed the case that closely and don't think it right to comment when you don't know all the facts; Or because we are the common man in this country, as long as the country is functioning we would not care who that particular piece of land goes to...
Coming to the points me and my husband made while debating the verdict last night.. I was for and he was against..
FOR:
1) This is a brand new chapter in our country where caste does not rule our actions or feelings alone.
2) Now the people can finally move on and construct a GRAND Temple and a GRAND Mosque to represent our faith in humanity.
3) The youth of India will not care of this goes on for another 10, 20 or 50 years, what we do care about is the growth of our economy and us as humans. All we care about is the rise of India as a superpower and SUPER SMART nation.
4) Leave the past behind, fighting over this land longer will not bring back the beautiful monument which was ruthlessly demolished in 1992, without realizing that it was a national treasure and a building that old should have been protected because of its Heritage value. However; that did not happen, we cant cry over spilled milk anymore... but what we can do is work to building a better and brighter future.
5) PRESERVE WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.. DON'T FIGHT OVER WHAT WE COULD NOT PRESERVE..
6) A singular decision in the favour of either of the religion would have been the surest an quickest way to start a riot in India. And we would have lost more good souls like we did when the Babri masjid was demolished.
AGAINST:
1) The law was put to shame today, the land in question belonged to the Muslim community since they had an existing building standing there which was brought down to ruins because of which this CASE came into existence.
2) The case was about who had right to the land, not solve the issue of this land.
3) None of the parties approached the Judiciary and asked for a peaceful outcome like the one taken today. They asked for fair justice about who the land belonged to.
4) When noted lawyers claimed that neither of the 2 parties provided the TITLE deed to the piece of land in question, hence the High court passed the verdict of diving it 3 way. The noted lawyers should remember that 3 - 4 centuries ago there were no title deeds, kingdoms were made by wars and conquests. If you post conquest erected a monument / building on that piece of land it belonged to you. Then how can the Muslim community be expected to produce a TITLE deed for this piece of land?
5) The Judiciary of India gave into the threat of riots and mass destruction; they succumbed and took this decision.
6) This was an insult to the many Muslims who died in 1992 in protest of the derogatory and shameful act of demolishing a place of worship.
I agree we both had valid points, I also agree that this could turn out to be just a stop gap arrangement.
And I also feel that when this case goes to the Supreme court it will be another 10 - 20 years before we get the final response from them and by that time we would have realized that we as a nation have put way too much of time and energy in this singular battle which is not productive. Instead there are many more battles to fight which are WORTH fighting for..
Tomorrow the youth of my great nation will stand up and say that we do not want a Mandir or a Masjid here.. we want to create a School for children to learn and grow up to be better people.
I strongly believe that "
WE" the youth of today's India despite our religious differences will work together as one to build our nation and make this country proud.
For my great nation -
INDIA - to peace for and amongst us all
Currently listening to: Eagles - Eternity
Currently feeling: Working - for a better future :)
